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I have never kept active tabs on this fangame, but it's truly wild to me how long the wait has been for it. I know a similar pain, having stalked the Mother 4 project since... 2012? Or something like that. But unlike Corrupted, there still really isn't any actual update, footage, or demo that proves it isn't vaporware.

Well, it was good while it lasted. Can't blame people. Even beyond this site, Rockman isn't getting any new content, and is slowly fading in the minds of many. I'll still check every so often, and getting people's attention was cool, but it does suck that no one is here consistently and actively. Rock on to anyone who randomly comes across this place.

Why is it so bad for this site in particular? What use is there in spamming this obscure, old-school forum? Who is even going to see this, let alone click on most of the garbage they send here? I just don't get it.

It's depressing to look at all the projects that Capcom axed. X9 was teased and there's that hack from ages ago, but there's still nothing actually announced. I wish the Dash 3 demo was preserved, somewhat.

I guess I'll link a fav to sorta commemorate this game, cause this is too depressing otherwise.

This is a pretty awesome conservation effort. I'd love to offer my own collection of Rockman music if this were to ever be updated and maintained.

Here's an image by the legendary Tomycase of Aile with her hair down! It's one of my favorites.



His links - BSKY & TWT.

The things we have learned since the creation of this thread are so sad. Namely, Starforce 4's cancellation. 

Might as well try to kick some activity somewhere. Beat out the bots! Here's a cool ZXA mix from Koki, I've always loved their work.

Yeah, I get what you mean. I also miss forums. I don't think this place is going anywhere, though. Vixy has kept it up during all this time, even if it was a bit abandoned. But based on what she's told me, she does want to work on it again. Just that it'll require a lot of time and work.

That's a relief. The Rockman games aren't even a super big part of my life anymore, but it contributed so much to my childhood that some part of it just won't leave me. I have some fan projects in the work, but I have no idea when I'd even begin to talk about them. It also makes it hard for me to make any discussion topics, but maybe I can do something random. You have to start somewhere, and I'm still getting used to forums. I guess the one disadvantage of all these older forums is that I really miss markdown.

There are just a lot of structural problems, but with proper moderation, I think they could be overcome and we could perhaps use existing Mega Man spaces like Facebook groups and Reddit boards to spread the word.

I agree somewhat. Even figuring out how to upload a pfp was a chore, and I've used forums with the exact same base that didn't have this issue. The social/messenger options were also funny. MSN and some other one I've never used before. Gosh, I probably sound extremely young.

You should really look into Final Weapon, it's genuinely the best way to play X4 game. I think the only issue is that most people (reasonably) do not turn to the PC versions when modding, as interesting as it would be as a base. It's still weird they exist tbh.

It's wild yet reassuring to know that I was not alone in 'recently' checking this place out. Hello if you are still here!

It's pretty cool to see that I've started something, however small. Reading @kevinmahoney95's story made me happy knowing others are out there who miss forums as well. I used to look around places like this when I was younger, but never directly participated for reasons I cannot remember. Maybe we could get something going here if the forums aren't being shut down for good. It's hard to tell with how stripped down things are.

This is pretty interesting, especially since most people seem to forget the old native PC versions exist. Thanks for the preservation effort! On that topic, have you heard of Final Weapon? It's a modified/fixed version of X4 using the PC port as a base.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnx9pfmWHc4

There's similar projects for X4-6 that I thought were applied to the PC port as well, but it seems I am mistaken.

https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/6131/

https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/4035/

I appreciate both of you reaching out, and maybe the server's nice, but I came to forums specifically to avoid Discord, as I find them more engaging. The discussions are better, longer lasting, and you tend to get buried less.

I take it that the forums are going to be taken down given the rather barren UI? That would be unfortunate, but I understand.

I kinda figured, it was just a desperate scream into the dark. I'm honestly surprised a series as iconic as this has such dead forums, I can't even find a post that has human activity within 10 years. I've seen series that are significantly more obscure with thriving, or at least decent forums. It makes me incredibly sad, just what the heck happened to this place? I want to know the story behind it all.

Hope you have a lovely day btw, it's nice to see someone who appreciates that old game.

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So, I've been looking into forums again as a hangout for slow, more thoughtful discussion about things I like. Rockman is pretty core to me as a person, so obviously I found a forum based on it. It seemed semi active until I looked and all the threads, and it's just a bunch of old content being necroed by bots? What the hell is this? Why is nobody here? Why is it overun by bots?

I'd love to revive this place, but Rockman is basically dead in terms of new real game content outside of mobile games, so I understand why it fell out of favor. Still, I'd love to have a place to communicate to Rockman fans and chill that isn't a terrible Discord. If a real human being sees this... hello! Maybe this place can be revived?

Side Note - It is very funny to see all the ancient cracks in this website. AoL, MSN Messenger, hoo boy this place is ancient. Still, many ancient forums live on with great activity, and I was hoping this would be one of those.